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BOOT BRUSHING AND POLISHING MACHINE.

(Application filed Nov. 16, 1897.)

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BOOT BRUSHING AND POLISHING MACHINE.

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UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT J OI-INSTONE STIRLING, OF ERMELO, SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC.

BOOT BRUSHING AND POLISHING MACHINEL SPECIFICATION formingpart ofLetters Patent No. 641,344, dated January 16, 1900.

Application filed November 16, 1897. Serial No. 658,771. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT J OHNSTONE STIRLING, surgeon,-a subject ofthe Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, residingat Ermelo, South African Republic, have invented a new and Improved BootBrushing and Polishing Machine, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a boot brushing and polishing machine for usein hotels and other places, and has for its object to enable boots to bemore rapidly and easily polished than hitherto.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation, Fig. 2 a plan, and Fig. 3 anend view, of my said machine. Fig. 4 is an elevation of one of the drumswith the brush removed, and Fig. 5 a section showing the method ofsecuring the brush upon the drum.

As shown in the said drawings, the machine consists of a frame havingupright standards A, between which is a horizontal shaft a, carryingrotary'brushes. Below the brush-shaft is a cranked shaft 13, operated byatreadle Z1, so as to constitute a foot-operated machine. The machine,however, may also be operated by any other suitable power. Upon the oneend of the cranked shaft B is a driving-wheel 0, with a leather strap orband 0 to go around, which communicates motion to a smaller wheel 0',keyed on the brush-shaft at. 1pmfer to have four brushes-D for removingmud or dust, E for applying the blacking, F for polishing, and G forfinishing, respectively. These brushes maybe arranged at suitableintervals on the revolving shaft. A compact machine may have the firstthree brushes D,

E, and F mounted between the two standards A of the machine, with'thefourth or fin ishing brush G keyedonto the one end of the shaft whichextends out from the end of the machinethat is to say, at the outside ofthe one standard. The bristles H, constituting the brushes, may beattached to a strip of leather or flexible metal h, so that they can bepassed around drums J, which drums are in the form of spoked wheelskeyed upon the revolving shaft. The ends of the bristle-strip it may besecured together tightly. upon the drums, as shown more particularlyinFigs. 4

- a disk with a wide flange or periphery.

which is operated from the inner side of the drums. To engage anddisengage the said clamp with the drum,a small portion of the peripheryis removed at either side, as shown at K, a portion of the rim'j beingalso re moved to allow the clamp to liefiat upon the surface when inposition, or the bristles may be formed upon ametal or wooden ring,which ring is made in two parts, and the two halves or parts are clampedtogether upon the drum. Between the revolving brushes D E is a dustshield L, which may be made in the form of The said disk is not keyedupon the shaft, so that and 5, by a suitable clamp K, the screw it of itis free to be moved along it. lVhen the dust-brush D is being used, theshield is slid along so as to protect the blacking-brushi I utilize thesliding shield on the revolving shaft by making it of apear shape inside view, so that the lower or larger portion of the shield may form awell M for blacking, and also to hold a small brush for applying theblacking to the rotating blacking-brush.

I claim-- 1. In a boot brushingand polishing ma chine, the combinationof a rotary shaft, brushes rigidly mounted upon said shaft, and

a shield L loosely mounted upon the shaft between said brushes andmovable longitudinally upon the shaft toward either brush, substantiallyas set forth.

2. In a boot brushing and polishing ma chine, the combination of arotary shaft, two or more brushes rigidly mounted upon said shaft, and ashield L loosely mounted upon said shaft between said brushes so as tomove longitudinally upon said shaft, said shield comprising a diskhaving a wide flange or periphery which is adapted to inclose one of thebrushes when shifted into position adjacent to said brush, substantiallyas set forth.

3. In a boot brushing and polishing ma chine, the combination of arotary shaft carry ing rigidly-mounted rotary brushes, a shieldlooselymounted upon the shaft between said brushes and adapted to beshifted toward either brush, and a receptacle or well M within theshield adapted to contain blacking, sub stantially as set forth.

4. In a boot brushing and polishing machine, the combination of a rotaryshaft, with a brush rigidly mounted upon said. shaft and comprising aflanged pulley having cut-out portions in its flanges, a flexible bandcarrying bristles, and a clamp K engaging the periphery of the pulleyadjacent to the cut-out portions of the flanges and securing theflexible bristle-band to the pulley, substantially as set forth.

ROBERT JOHNSTONE STIRLING. Witnesses:

J AMES STONE, HERBERT NOAKES J ENNER.

